Eitan Diamond

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Dr. Eitan Diamond (Bluesky – LinkedIn – X)  is an international lawyer specializing in international  humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law, primarily in the Israeli-Palestinian context. He serves as Manager and Senior Legal Expert at the  Diakonia IHL Centre in Jerusalem, on the managerial boards of the NGOs Public Committee against Torture in Israel and Parents against Child Detention, and on the editorial board of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies.  

Eitan has previously worked, inter alia, as an expert consultant for UNICEF, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and at the research center Forensic Architecture; as Executive Director of the NGO Gisha; as a Legal Advisor for the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red  Cross (ICRC) in Israel and the Occupied Territories; and as Researcher and Legal  Advisor for the NGO B’Tselem.  

Eitan’s academic qualifications include a PhD from the Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Law; an LLM in Public  International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he was a Chevening Scholar; and an LLB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also a recipient of a Diploma in Human Rights awarded by the Academy of European Law at the European University Institute.